13 May 2025, South Africa — Netflix has unveiled the official trailer for the third installment of Kings of Joburg, the South African crime saga set to stream globally from 13 June 2025.

The series sees Connie Ferguson and Zolisa Xaluva reprise their acclaimed roles, defending the Masire dynasty against a new, merciless adversary: Clint Brink’s Gavin Salat.

Forced to join forces with former enemy Enyinna Nwigwe’s Aliko Bajo, the Masires face shifting loyalties and violent betrayal. The series features a loaded cast, including Abdul Khoza, Thembi Seete, Llewelyn Cordier, and Cindy Mahlangu, alongside fresh faces Maurice Paige and Keenan Arrison.

Brace for deception, power struggles, and moral compromise as alliances fracture in this thrilling new chapter.

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The series stars Emmy® and SAG® Award-Nominee and Critics Choice® Award-Winner Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, The Mandalorian) alongside Emmy® and SAG® Award-Winner Bradley Whitford (The West Wing, Get Out, The Handmaid’s Tale).

In Parish, Esposito stars as Gracian “Gray” Parish, a family man and proud owner of a luxury car service in New Orleans. After his son is violently murdered and his business collapses, an encounter with an old friend from his days as a wheelman resurfaces old habits, sending Gray on a high-stakes collision course with a violent criminal syndicate.

Shot on location in New Orleans, Parish also stars Zackary Momoh (The Nevers, Harriet, Doctor Sleep) as New Orleans-based Zimbabwean gangster The Horse; SAG® Award nominee Paula Malcomson (Watchmen, The Hunger Games, Ray Donovan) as Parish’s wife and mother to his two children, Rose; Skeet Ulrich (Scream, Riverdale) as an old acquaintance to Gray, Colin; Bonnie Mbuli (Invictus, Wallander) as Shamiso Tongai, The Horse’s smart and protective older sister; Ivan Mbakop (Hawkeye, Red Notice) as The Horse’s brother, Zenzo; Arica Himmel (Mixed-ish, Black-ish) as Gray and Rose’s daughter Makayla; and Dax Rey (The Good Fight, Chicago Fire) as The Horse’s son Luke.

Emmy®, SAG®, and Critics Choice® Award-winner Bradley Whitford recur as Anton, the charming and intelligent face of industrial business in Louisiana who covertly heads a criminal organization. His dispute with The Horse’s human trafficking ring puts him at direct odds with Parish. SAG® Award-nominee Amanda Brugel (The Handmaid’s Tale, Orphan Black) guest stars as Sister Anne, who has a mysterious past with Gray.

Parish is based on the hit U.K. series The Driver, created by Danny Brocklehurst and Jim Poyser. It’s produced by AMC Studios, in association with A+E Studios and Thruline Entertainment. Brocklehurst serves as co-creator and executive producer. Eduardo Javier Canto and Ryan Maldonado serve as showrunners and executive producers; Giancarlo Esposito also executive produces alongside Brocklehurst, Poyser, Theo Travers, Jolyon Symonds and David Morrissey for Scribbler Films; Josh Kesselman, Danny Sherman, Barry Jossen and Tana Jamieson Red Production’s Nicola Shindler.

Parish premieres on Universal TV on 27 March at 8 PM, with new episodes airing every Thursday until the series final on 24 April.

Universal TV is available on DStv Channel 117 across Africa.

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Jed Mercurio’s Trigger Point is a high-octane thriller, starring Vicky McClure (Line of Duty, also on BritBox), set in the world of bomb disposal during a terror campaign where death is only a heartbeat away.

The second series starts a year on from the Crusader’s attacks. Lana Washington (McClure) has returned to EXPO after helping train bomb disposal teams in Ukraine. While she’s back and giving a corporate talk on bomb disposal, a series of devices are used to attack a power station, causing widespread chaos and signalling the start of a new and active threat.

Lana works with MI5 and Counter Terrorism to uncover a wide but loosely connected terrorist cell, led by an anonymous leader and bound by their belief in anti-state conspiracy theories. Lana is pushed to her limits as she goes undercover, attempting to unmask the figurehead of the paranoid, delusional cell before they cause total devastation.

“What a blast.” – The Guardian

BritBox is available to stream via the web at BritBox.com, on DStv Explora Ultra and Streama devices and as an add-to-bill option for all DStv subscribers. The app is also available on Android TV, including enabled Smart TVs, Google Chromecast with GoogleTV, Nvidia Shield, MiBox and MiStick, plus Android and Apple mobile/tablets, FireTV, Samsung Smart TV, LG Smart TV and selected Hisense, Toshiba and OEM branded VIDAA smart TVs. Enjoy one week’s free trial, Sign up at R99.99 per month and register for email updates at www.britbox.com.

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Get your new year off to a cracking start with the eagerly awaited second season of Irvine Welsh’s gritty crime thriller Crime, with Dougray Scott reprising his role as DI Ray Lennox, a detective battling his insistent mental demons as he navigates the criminal underbelly of Edinburgh.

Crime Season Two premieres exclusively on BritBox this January – rediscover the conflicted character that won Dougray Scott the International Emmy Award for Best Performance by an Actor in the first season. And don’t miss this chance to see the cream of Scottish acting talent in action including Ken Stott and Joanna Vanderham, plus supporting roles from Gabriel Scott and Moyo Akandé.

Irvine Welsh’s Crime (New & Exclusive BritBox Original)
Season 2
Thursday 25 January 2024 

The eagerly anticipated second season of BritBox Original Crime launches exclusively on 25 January, with Emmy Award-winner Dougray Scott (Mission Impossible 2, Twin Town, My Week with Marilyn) returning in his lead role as troubled detective DI Ray Lennox. The latest season is again adapted for the screen by best-selling author Irvine Welsh (Trainspotting) alongside writing partner Dean Cavanagh, with Welsh also acting as an executive producer.

Scott’s portrayal of Lennox in the first season landed him the International Emmy Award for Best Performance by an Actor. He leads a stellar line-up of Scottish talent, including Ken Stott (Rebus, The Missing) and Joanna Vanderham (Dancing on the Edge). They reprise their roles as Chief Superintendent Bob Toal and DS Amanda Drummond. John Simm (Grace, Doctor Who) and Derek Riddell (Silent Witness) also return for the second season, which sees Scott’s son Gabriel Scott (House of the Dragon) appearing alongside his father.

In the opening episode, Lennox is ready to return to the fray at Edinburgh Serious Crimes Division, keen to prove he is fully recovered from the breakdown induced by bringing Mr Confectioner to justice, but he’s surprised to find that it’s all changed. Bob Toal has lost his mojo, Amanda Drummond is freshly promoted, and there are two new faces on the team in the form of devious Tommy Stark and failed actor Norrie Erskine. When one of Lennox’s former colleagues is attacked, he and Drummond quickly realise that all is not as it seems as they become embroiled in a case about vengeance, identity and social justice. The six-part series, again shot on location in Scotland, will be available exclusively on BritBox in South Africa, where Season 1 is currently available to stream.

“Edinburgh in all its Jekyll/Hyde, fur coat/nae knickers glory” – The Scotsman

Don’t forget you can now download all your favourite titles onto your iOS mobile devices. – Remember to update your device with the latest BritBox app version.

The BritBox app is available in South Africa on the DStv Explora Ultra and Streama devices and as an add-to-bill option for all DStv subscribers. The app is also available on Android TV, including enabled Smart TVs, Google Chromecast with GoogleTV, Nvidia Shield, MiBox and MiStick, plus Android and Apple mobile/tablets, FireTV, Samsung Smart TV, LG Smart TV and selected Hisense, Toshiba and OEM branded VIDAA smart TVs. Sign up at R99,99 per month and register for email updates at www.britbox.com.

Follow BritBox on Twitter/X and Instagram @BritBox_ZA and on Facebook @BritBoxZA.

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Beyond Paradise Christmas Special  (New & Exclusive BritBox Original)
25 December 2023

Following the huge success of the first season globally, BritBox is bringing fans a Beyond Paradise Christmas Special in December, allowing viewers to catch up with Detective Inspector Humphrey Goodman (Kris Marshall – Death in Paradise, Sanditon, Love Actually) after he took a trip to the Caribbean to clear his mind and consider his future following season one’s emotional finale.

Also back for more heart-warming relationship drama and puzzling criminal capers in Shipton Abbott are Sally Bretton as Martha Lloyd, Zahra Ahmadi as DS Esther Williams, Dylan Llewellyn as PC Kelby Hartford, and Barbara Flynn as Anne Lloyd.

Season two of Beyond Paradise will launch on BritBox in 2024; meanwhile, catch the first season (and binge nine seasons of Death in Paradise) exclusively on BritBox.

The BritBox app is available in South Africa on the DStv Explora Ultra and Streama devices and as an add-to-bill option for all DStv subscribers. The app is also available on Android TV, including enabled Smart TVs, Google Chromecast with GoogleTV, Nvidia Shield, MiBox, and MiStick, plus Android and Apple mobile/tablets, FireTV, Samsung Smart TV, LG Smart TV and selected Hisense, Toshiba, and OEM-branded VIDAA smart TVs. Sign up at R99,99 per month and register for email updates at www.britbox.com.

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Thursday 21 December 2023 

A second season of the hit detective drama Annika launches exclusively on BritBox in December, based on the hugely successful BBC Radio 4 drama written by Nick Walker. Season two sees the return of Nicola Walker (The Split, Unforgotten) as DI Annika Strandhed and Jamie Sives (Guilt, Frontier) as DS Michael McAndrews.

Annika follows a sharp, witty and enigmatic Scandinavian detective (Walker), as she leads the specialist Marine Homicide Unit (MHU), tasked with investigating the unexplained, brutal and seemingly unfathomable murders that wash up in the waterways of Scotland.

Throughout the series, Annika makes the audience her confidante by breaking the fourth wall and sharing her wry observations on the cases and her life, as she manages her brilliant yet unconventional team, and her equally brilliant yet complex teenage daughter, Morgan (Silvie Furneaux – Limbo).

Don’t forget you can now download all your favourite titles onto your iOS mobile devices – just remember to update your device with the latest BritBox app version.

The BritBox app is available in South Africa on the DStv Explora Ultra and Streama devices and as an add-to-bill option for all DStv subscribers. The app is also available on Android TV, including enabled Smart TVs, Google Chromecast with GoogleTV, Nvidia Shield, MiBox and MiStick, plus Android and Apple mobile/tablets, FireTV, Samsung Smart TV, LG Smart TV and selected Hisense, Toshiba and OEM branded VIDAA smart TVs. Sign up at R99,99 per month and register for email updates at www.britbox.com.

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Crime Season Two premieres exclusively on BritBox this January. Rediscover the conflicted character that won Dougray Scott the International Emmy Award for Best Performance by an Actor in the first season. And don’t miss this chance to see the cream of Scottish acting talent in action including Ken Stott and Joanna Vanderham, plus supporting roles from Gabriel Scott and Moyo Akandé.

Also making its debut on BritBox this month is the immersive crime drama Better –  A fast-paced, compelling thriller. Better explores the complex and powerful bonds of loyalty and family, set in a world where everyone has their own version of right and wrong illed story about a struggle for redemption that comes at a cost. For a twisty and dark rollercoaster ride, try the psychological thriller The Ex-Wife, based on the novel by Jess Ryder, about a “new wife” whose seemingly perfect existence is turned upside down – and then finds herself reluctantly turning to her husband’s ex-wife for help.

More exclusive shows are expected  in 2024

Three Little Birds (New and Exclusive BritBox Original)

TBC February 2024 

Spirited, moving, funny, and heartfelt, Three Little Birds is a triumphant celebration of immigration, community, and the strength of black womanhood, inspired by the life-affirming stories of Sir Lenny Henry’s mother and all those who have travelled to make Britain their home.

This life-affirming six-part drama series features rising stars Rochelle Neil (The Nevers, Guilt), Yazmin Belo (What Just Happened), and Saffron Coomber (Tracey Beaker Returns, Eastenders) as three young women who board a cruise ship from Jamaica bound for a new life in Blighty, lured to England by the promise of lucrative employment options and “streets paved with gold.”

This semi-autobiographical drama series, created and written by Henry, one of the UK’s national treasures, explores untold stories of love, sisterhood, and friendship. It’s a warm-hearted celebration of 1950s life and community spirit as lived and experienced by the expatriate Jamaican community.

Don’t forget, you can now download all your favourite titles onto your IoS mobile devices; just remember to update your device with the latest BritBox app version.

The BritBox app is available in South Africa on the DStv Explora Ultra and Streama devices and as an add-to-bill option for all DStv subscribers. The app is also available on Android TV, including enabled smart TVs, Google Chromecast with GoogleTV, Nvidia Shield, MiBox, and MiStick, plus Android and Apple mobile/tablets, FireTV, Samsung Smart TV, LG Smart TV, and selected Hisense, Toshiba, and OEM-branded VIDAA smart TVs. Sign up for R99 per month and register for email updates at www.britbox.com.

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This epic blockbuster which takes vigilante justice to the next level, is now available on Apple TV since November 7, 2023, and will arrive on DStv Box Office on November 14, 2023, making for perfect weekend leisure viewing in the comfort of your own home.

The movie The Equalizer 3, also known as “The Threequalizer,” is directed by Antoine Fuqua, who previously worked with Denzel Washington on Training Day, which earned Washington an Oscar. Washington returns as retired US Marine and intelligence agent Robert McCall to exact more nail-biting vigilante justice on the world’s bad guys.

Since giving up his life as a government assassin, McCall has struggled to come to terms with the horrific things he’s done in the past and finds solace in dishing out justice on behalf of the oppressed. Finding himself surprisingly at home in a small town in southern Italy, he discovers his new friends are under the control of local crime bosses. As events turn deadly, he is forced to become their protector by taking on the mafia.

Dakota Fanning, who co-starred with Washington in Man on Fire (2004), stars as CIA officer Emma Collins.

Expect extreme action set against the backdrop of beautiful Italian locations, all wrapped up with Washington’s trademark charm and magnetism as he takes on Sicilian mobsters – a killer (literally) combination!

The Guardian wrote, “The mafia are no match for a ruthlessly efficient Denzel Washington in the latest instalment of the visceral thriller.”

Mark off the date on your home entertainment calendar to catch this “threequel” on DStv Box Office and Apple TV this November, courtesy of Sony Pictures Entertainment, and prepare for some explosive action and thrills!

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The Chelsea Detective Season 2 – new & exclusive to BritBox
Thursday 9 November 2023

The hit British crime drama The Chelsea Detective, starring Adrian Scarborough (Killing Eve, The King’s Speech, 1917) as the sharp, intuitive Detective Inspector Max Arnold, makes its highly anticipated return to BritBox for a second season. Eight new episodes see DI Arnold teaming up at Chelsea CID with a new colleague, Detective Sergeant Layla Walsh, played by Vanessa Emme (Bloodlands, A Discovery of Witches).

London’s richest borough hides a dark side that Max knows all too well, as killers lurk among the designer shops and luxury homes. In the season premiere, when an art gallery manager is stabbed during a robbery at an exhibition, it appears he was in the wrong place at the wrong time but, as the team delves into the elite world of Chelsea’s art scene, Max soon wonders if the victim was in fact an accomplice. Rachael Stirling (Hollington Drive) guest stars as gallery owner Rebekah Chaban.

Other returning cast members include Sophie Stone (Shetland), Lucy Phelps (Grace), Peter Bankolé (Peaky Blinders), Anamaria Marinca (Deadline) and Frances Barber (Whitstable Pearl). The Chelsea Detective is created and executive-produced by Emmy Award-winning Peter Fincham (The Lost Prince, Smack the Pony, I’m Alan Partridge).

“… a real must-watch.” – Radio Times

The BritBox app is now available in South Africa on the DStv Explora Ultra and Streama devices and as an add-to-bill option for all DStv subscribers. The app is also available on Android TV, including enabled Smart TVs, Google Chromecast with GoogleTV, Nvidia Shield, MiBox and MiStick, plus Android and Apple mobile/tablets, FireTV, Samsung Smart TV, LG Smart TV and selected Hisense, Toshiba and OEM branded VIDAA smart TVs. Enjoy one week’s free trial, sign up at R99,99 per month, and register for email updates at www.britbox.com.

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David Scott, who goes by the stage name The Kiffness, is renowned for his mashups of viral videos and satirical commentaries. With over 2 million subscribers on YouTube, Scott boasts a global audience for his musical collaborations with viral stars from all corners of the world, including a cat.

Scott apologised to fans and cancelled the Detroit gig due to a break-in.

“I’m sorry to inform my fans in Detroit that tonight’s [Monday] show’s been cancelled due to gear being stolen out of our van. Between getting a new van, new equipment, police reports, we don’t have enough time to get the show ready,” said Scott on his X account.

Scott appeared on a local news report and explained the incident, stating that he would return to Detroit despite being a victim of crime.

Full story on our cancelled show in Detroit… pic.twitter.com/eOl5MuSneI

— The Kiffness (@TheKiffness) November 8, 2023

One of Scott’s employees was clearing the valuables from his car after a break-in when an unknown man appeared. The man stole the keys to the vehicle and then jumped in through the broken window in an attempt to steal more of Scott’s belongings.

“Our merch guy was getting what was left out of the car and someone tried to take the keys from him, but he ran away and called the police,” posted Scott on his X account.

“Luckily they detained him while he was looting the car. Our poor merch guy is in shock. @JoeBiden what’s going on?”

Police were called and arrested the suspect.

In response to a tweet telling Scott he should feel at home in the US because he is from South Africa, where crime is also prevalent, Scott replied, “I feel safer in South Africa, tbh…”.

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